Chapter 744: Chapter 168: Transcendence and Fate (Part 2)
Then, there was nothing more…
In the cave, Qi Jin was situated within a large array laid out with hundreds of Starstones, spewing a mouthful of fresh blood.
This array was fully equipped with Starstones, originally meant to perform the ‘Star Entering Life Technique’ when Li Fei made his official breakthrough.
The commotion outside had startled Qi Jin, and through the destiny bond he had established with Li Fei, he immediately realized that Li Fei had arrived.
Qi Jin knew that in a direct confrontation, he was no match for Li Fei, and also knew the defensive power outside could not stop this fearsome combatant, the Marquis of Jing’an, so he gambled and activated the array with full power, prematurely using the ‘Star Entering Life Technique’ on Li Fei.
He intended to forcibly disturb Li Fei’s destiny, causing him to suffer Deviation, thus buying himself a slim chance of survival.
Unfortunately, Li Fei’s own Qi Fortune combined with that of a Marquis was too formidable to be easily shaken.
Qi Jin failed to disrupt Li Fei’s destiny and instead suffered a backlash himself.
With a look of despair, he raised his head, only to see the heavy iron door of the cave split open down the middle, and Li Fei, clad in Golden Silk Jade Qilin Armor, casually strolled in.
Glancing at the array laid inside the cave, Li Fei looked at Qi Jin:
“Will you confess on your own, or shall I use some methods on you?”
Qi Jin gave a bitter smile:
“I am willing to confess truthfully, but there are matters involving the Oath Technique that I cannot speak of. I ask for the Marquis’s understanding.”
Just as he finished speaking, Li Fei appeared before him, lifting him with one hand, injecting a force into his body that rendered him immobile.
Then, holding Qi Jin with one hand, Li Fei walked out of the cave and quickly roamed around the valley, subduing all the Martial Artists who had been knocked down.
After completing all this, Li Fei returned before Qi Jin:
“I was commissioned to use a technique to interfere with your breakthrough.”
Qi Jin stated straightforwardly.
As for who had commissioned him, it was clearly something he couldn’t reveal.
He then informed Li Fei about the ‘Star Entering Life Technique.’
The reason for candidly disclosing this crucial technique was primarily to demonstrate his value and thus save his own life.
As for anything concerning Hao Yi, Qi Jin naturally didn’t dare to mention a word.
“Star Entering Life Technique?”
After listening to Qi Jin’s description, Li Fei’s expression grew somewhat grave.
This technique could forcibly disrupt his force circulation even while he was in the Sword State·Golden Body Jade Marrow. If it were used at a critical moment during his future breakthrough, it could indeed cause him to fail miserably just short of success!
Li Fei asked a few more questions, and upon realizing no critical information could be extracted, he decisively cast the ‘Gate of Dream Realm.’
After entering the Dream Realm, Li Fei first observed his surroundings to ensure there were no anomalies, then used a concealment technique, leaving a false projection of himself at the spot, and then entered Qi Jin’s consciousness world…
Moments later, Li Fei exited the Dream Realm, looking at Qi Jin with a cold gaze:
“You’re trading with Westerners?”
In Qi Jin’s memory, he saw information related to Starstones.
Upon hearing this, Qi Jin’s pupils constricted, revealing a look of terror.
Just now, he felt a moment of disorientation, involuntarily recalling many details related to the Starstones, and hadn’t expected Li Fei to know about it.
“What kind of means is this?”
Qi Jin, already a magician who had condensed true power, found that most methods targeting the heart and spirit were ineffective on him.
Yet, he hadn’t even sensed any magical fluctuations just now!
Looking at Li Fei with newfound respect: “I only know that Starstones are a specialty of the West Continent and are treasured by the Deni Country’s royal family.”
Li Fei realized that this matter might not be so simple.
Previously, when he was in Xing City, he had intercepted a collaboration between Western spies and local officials, remembering it was an agent from Mei Jia Country.
Now, he had encountered a transaction involving the Deni Country’s royal family.
It seemed that even though the Western seven nations had lost back then, they never gave up their ambitions toward the Da Lan Dynasty!
“These Starstones were only handed to you tonight, which means the Westerners you dealt with are still in Lanling City?”
Qi Jin hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the scarred man not far off:
“Tonight, they were the ones who dealt with those Westerners and then brought the Starstones to me.”
Thus, Li Fei decisively re-entered the Dream Realm and sequentially infiltrated the subconscious projections of the four Dao Foundation Stage Martial Artists.
The subconscious awareness of these individuals was highly vigilant, evidently professionally trained, and they had been subjected to Oath Techniques, guarding the secrets to death.
However, their memories of transactions with Tuso and others last night and tonight remained, even if some key parts, such as who commissioned them and the origin of the martial arts secret manuals used for the trade, were sealed by Oath Techniques.
But Li Fei could still glean many important pieces of information from fragmented memory images.
Upon exiting the Dream Realm, Li Fei gazed at the scarred man and his group with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
To think they traded so many martial arts secret manuals to the Westerners, including top-level Dao Foundation legacies and peerless martial arts!
When he was in Xing City, Li Fei had personally witnessed the wolfish ambitions of the Western nations, and now seeing that the Deni Country even dispatched royal members to carry out secret missions in the Da Lan Dynasty, he was even more certain that the two continents would inevitably clash again in the future!
Under these circumstances, to have people within the Da Lan Dynasty trading martial arts secret manuals to the Westerners ignited a surge of anger within Li Fei’s heart.